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J. BARBECK v HEATER Filed Dec. 14, 1923 sheets-sheet 2 Cri Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

uN-ni-:D STATES JOSEPH BARBECK, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HEATER.

Application filed December 14, 1923. Serial No. 680,631.

'To all cli/10mv t may concer/n.'

Be it known thatI I, JOSEPH Bananen, a subject of the King of- England, residing at 5109 Fenwick Ave., Cleveland, in the State of Ohio and county of Cuyahoga, have iuvented a new and useful Improvement in IIcaters, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which vI have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

My invention pertains to a heaterA and more particularly to a gas heater for heating theliving quarters of a home by direct radiation from 'the heater casing.

One of the objects of my invention is to obtain a high heating elhciency for a given flow of gas-hence economy of operation. A further object is a construction permitting the extraction of the maximum number of heating unit-s-demonstrated by the comparatively cool (touchable) stove pipe. Another object is the attainment of substantially perfect combustion with little likelihood of carbon monoxide fumes. A .further object is t-he provision of a draft construction which will prevent back draft forcing gases of combustion into the compartment where the heater is situated-ac-v complished by a sinuous draft passage having a deep pocket in `communication therewith. A iinal object has been to design a heater combining unusual simplicity and economy of manufacture with successfully proven etlicieney.

Adverting to the drawings:

Figure I is a vertical cross section taken through my heater from front to rear.

Figure II is a. plan section on line II II of Figure I.

Figure III is a perspective view of my burner element.

My heater is supported on four legs 1 and comprises a bottom 2 provided n with an opening 3 the size and shape of which will be hereinafter explained, together with side walls 4. and a closed top 5. A stack 6 communicates through the rear wall 4 at a point somewhat nearer the top than the bottom thereof. An upright partition 7 is spaced a suitable. distance from the rear wall 1 and a comparatively smaller distance from the top 5 to provide between the top of the partition 7 and the top 5 of the heater l a narrow passage 8 through which all the vis hollow and has its lower edges lying in substantially the same plane. It is provided at its four .corners with perforate ears 12 by means of which it may be secured through the agency of stove bolts 13 to the bottom 2 of the heater and directly over the opening 3 therein, which latter has the general shape and size of the bottom of the burner element so that the only air supply to the latter is had through the opening 8. The burner element, as exemplified, includes two longitudinally extending inverted V shape portions 14 separated by an interjacen't` concavity 15, the bottom of which is somewhat elevated with respect to the ears 12. The ridges 16 of the pair of hollow roof-like sections of the burner element are each provided with a plurality of openings 17 see Figure I) with each of which a long upright and tapering burner properlS communicates through its upwardly `converging bore 19. yAs shown, one side of the burner element carries three burners whereas the opposite side carries four burners and the burners in one row are staggered with ref-L top fashioned with an orice 25 directly underneath one of the openings 17. Practical vtests have established that the size of these orifices may be satisfactory if made by a number 57 drill. They are compa-ratively minute as compared with the ysize of the opening 17 and the diameter of the gas passages 19 of the burners. I have also learned that the orifices 25 are effectively spaced about three-quarters of an inch from inlets of the burners which latter are made about six inches long with the sizes of their bores at their inlet end about three-quarters of an inch and at their outlet or top ends abo-ut three-eighths of an inch. The distance between the partition 7 and the rear wall 4; I have established as about two inches whereas the height of the passage 8 is only about an eiglrth of an inch.

In operation, after the fuel is turned on and the burners ignited through the door l0, the gases of combustion are necessarily drawn through the passage S and thence downwardly toward the stack 6. The pocket 9 serves temporarily to retain any collection of combustion gases due to momentary down drafts in the chimney and thus preclude their issuing out into the room.

I claim zl. A new article of manufacture comprising a pair of adjacentand separated mixing chambers each having a top formed of upwardly converging surfaces and a series of burners communicating through the peaks of said chambers, the series of burners of one chamber being staggered with reference to those of the other series.

2. A new article of manufacture comprising as an integral structure a pair of adjacent and separated mixing chambers each of inverted V shaped cross section and a row of upwardly projected burners communicating through the peaks of said chambers, the row of burners of one chamber being staggered with reference to the row of the other series.

3. A new article of manufacture comprising as an integral structure a mixing chamber having a top formed of upwardly converging sections and a row of upwardly projected burners communicating through the peak of said chamber, and a gas supply connection leading into said chamber and fashioned with outlet orifices under said burners respectively.

Signed by me, this 1st day of December, 1923.

J @SEPI-I BARBECK. 

